Every applicant for examination at time of application must be a resident of the State of Ohio or signify in writing his or her intention to become and remain, upon appointment, a resident of the State of Ohio and his or her intention to meet all city residency requirements, unless such requirements are specifically waived in the examination announcement or otherwise waived in statute or rule.
Every applicant for examination in the police and fire division must be a U.S. Citizen at the time of application or must have legally declared their intention of becoming one.
No application or examination will be accepted unless the applicant is within the age limits, if any, fixed by the commission in the examination announcement.
Application blanks for examinations shall be furnished by the commission. On the application blank the applicant shall state his or her name, address, and other such information as may reasonably be required concerning his or her education, experience, health, physical and mental capacity. The commission may determine and provide for the submission of any other relevant information either on the application blank or supplemental sheet. No inquiry shall be made as to the religious or political affiliations, nor as to the racial or ethnic origin of the applicant.
Satisfactory information produced at any time to the commission, either before or after examination, that an applicant has committed acts which demonstrate character traits which would be detrimental to successful performance of the employment sought, or of his or her dismissal for good cause from any branch of public service, or of his or her conviction of a felony, or has a pattern of poor work habits and performance with previous employers, or has made a false statement of a material fact, or uses illegal drugs, or has attempted to commit deception or fraud on application or examination, shall be sufficient to exclude him or her from examination, or to remove his or her name from any eligible list, providing such person shall be notified as to the reason and shall be given an opportunity for a review by the commission. All documentation submitted by applicants or appointing authorities as to character and fitness shall be subject to investigation by the commission.
Application blanks must be filled out in ink or be typed and shall be completed and signed by the applicant, in his or her own handwriting, or other manner as approved in writing by the commission, notarized and filed with the commission within the time limit fixed by the commission for the particular examination.
Except for Rule 5.5 of these Rules, the completed application will be the sole criteria in determining an applicant's eligibility for any examination. Information showing that an applicant meets all of the minimum qualifications as stated on an examination announcement must appear on the application itself. No additional information will be accepted after the filing deadline.
Failure of an applicant to indicate on his or her application the qualifications as to experience or any other requirements described in the bulletin announcing the examination will be considered sufficient cause to exclude an applicant from the examination. At the discretion of the commission, a defective or incomplete application may be corrected by the applicant and resubmitted by the filing deadline. (Ord. 62-05. Passed 6-20-05.)